For vaccinations, see Vaccinations page.

British Geriatrics Society (BGS)

• Guidance on Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes
• Guidance on Covid-19 End of life care in older people
• Early detection of delirium in Care Homes
• www.the4AT.com

• CHIT phone number is 07894327430
• Requirement to test patients discharged from hospital to care home
• Hospital discharge Care Home Initiative Team
• Suffolk Care Homes Initiative

NSFT Care Homes Support: Who to Contact flowchart

Care home testing
If your care homes ask you how they can get residents tested or they have any queries about a possible outbreak they have to call PHE directly, who also communicate any test results directly back to the care homes. Tel. 0300 303 8537…option 5.

Any patients discharged from hospital to a care home that’s still awaiting results, their results are communicated through the Care Home Intervention Team (CHIT) to the care home.

• Care home staff wellbeing poster (word doc)
• Care home support poster - CHLF CHIT
• Care home Mental Health Support

DNACPR

• IES Care home care wishes and DNAR script
• SNEE policy completion of community DNACPR forms during COVID crisis 16042020

National Guidance

• Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home
• COVID-19 response: Primary care and community health support care home residents
• Running a medicines reuse scheme in care home or hospice setting

Infection Prevention and Control

• Infection Control for residential care

Woundcare

• ISTAP Skin Tear Pathway Coloplast CVI Trust

To return to the coronavirus home page, follow the link in the left-hand menu.